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As is indicated by the origin of the word, the humane interest in the individual undoubtedly dates back to lines of thought in the conception of life of classical antiquity, although classical antiquity hardly attained a humanitarian culture. Both Greeks and Romans maintained an attitude to work and to woman and child that does not reveal any great esteem for human rights and human dignity: and the line between freeborn men and slaves was sharply drawn and unbridgeable.
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© 1964 Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands
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Göransson, H. (1964). Human Dignity in the Execution of Punishment. In: López-Rey, M., Germain, C. (eds) Studies in Penology dedicated to the memory of Sir Lionel Fox, C.B., M.C. / Etudes Penologiques dédiées à la mémoire de Sir Lionel Fox, C.B., M.C.. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-0882-7_10
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